New Durham applauds year's best Hunter selected as Citizen of the Year

By Rod Doherty

rdoherty@fosters.com

Saturday, March 16, 2013

NEW DURHAM — Barbara Hunter, volunteer coordinator for the New Durham Elementary School, was honored at the annual Town Meeting as the Citizen of the Year.

The award was presented Wednesday night to Hunter by Citizen of the Year Committee Chairman, Dorothy Viesel.

Introducing Hunter, Viesel described the selection as representative of all prior Citizens of the Year regarding the efforts they made committing their time and energy to the community.

Viesel described Hunter, also a volunteer assistant at the New Durham Library, as a role model not only for those who would volunteer their services, but for all the children with whom she works.

“She is tireless, very organized woman who takes the time to find the resources of the people in the community and match those qualities with the needs of the teachers and the school for their projects,” Viesel said. “She’s seamless in her efforts to coordinate all these volunteers.”

After receiving the Citizen of the Year plaque, Hunter said the award paid tribute for all the help so many give that is really what makes what she does successful.